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Scientific Writing and Publishing: A Comprehensive Manual for Authors [Minkštas viršelis]

(University of Aberdeen)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 225 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 227x151x10 mm, weight: 360 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Sep-2021
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1108799809
  • ISBN-13: 9781108799805
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 225 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 227x151x10 mm, weight: 360 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Sep-2021
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1108799809
  • ISBN-13: 9781108799805
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Knowing how to prepare, write and publish high-quality research papers can be challenging for scientists at all stages of their career. This manual guides readers through successfully framing and presenting research findings, as well as the processes involved in publishing in learned journals. It draws on the author's wealth of practical experience, from working in academic research for over 40 years and teaching scientific writing in over 20 countries, to gaining insights as a journal editor. Well-written and logical, it provides clear step-by-step instructions to enable readers to become more effective at writing articles, and navigating difficulties related to journal submission, the review process, editing and publication. It comprehensively covers themes such as publication ethics, along with current topics including Open Access publishing and pre-print servers. This is a useful, user-friendly guide for graduate students, early career scientists, and more experienced researchers, particularly in the life and medical sciences.

Recenzijos

'Denys Wheatley has addressed an important issue - the writing up of findings. His manual is comprehensive, concise, and timely. It is truly an excellent piece of work. The manual will not only benefit native speakers wishing to publish scientific papers, but also non-native speakers. I will make this manual mandatory reading for all young scientists in my department before they attempt to write up their results.' Wolfgang H. Goldmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany 'Professor Denys Wheatley's Manual is a must-read for any Ph.D. student, researcher or scientist writing and publishing scientific papers. Not only is it the perfect primer for a first-time scientific writer, but also a complete guide for professionals. As a French-speaking biochemist, I did not encounter any difficulties in understanding this manual, and that is why it is certainly a stepping-stone for my research career.' Nadia Bouktit, University A Mira of Béjaļa, Algeria 'This much-needed book is clear, succinct and comprehensive, it gives the inexperienced (and indeed the more experienced) scientific author sound practical guidance at every step in the process, from planning and drafting the manuscript It is this comprehensiveness and common-sense practicality that distinguishes it from other guides to scientific writing. I would happily recommend it to research students and post-docs, and I wish it had been available when I first embarked on a career in science.' Mark P. Henderson, Formerly at Napier University, Edinburgh ''If I had known that before '. It meets the high needs in writing good scientific papers and getting them published A 'must read' for young scientists as well as for instructors.' Laurent Jaeken, Karel de Grote University College, Antwerp University Association, Antwerp, Belgium 'This is a very useful document Thank you for this wonderful and highly useful material.' Kelath Murali Manoj, Satyamjayatu: The Science and Ethics Foundation, Kerala, India 'Your manual on Scientific Writing and Publishing is really brilliant! From my 50-year experience in science, it is very much needed for young and even middle-aged scientists.' Jekaterina Erenpreisa, Full Member of the Latvian Academy of Science, Head Tumour Cell Biology Laboratory, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia 'I certainly believe such a guide is sorely needed.' Tom Ireland, Editor, The Biologist, Managing Editor, Royal Society of Biology 'I have considered this Manual carefully and conclude it is a valuable and very much needed.' James S. Clegg, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, USA 'This manual is long overdue; it will be an extremely useful guide and reference at all levels from beginning students to experienced investigators.' Cynthia Jensen, University of Auckland, New Zealand 'The book is well organized, clearly edited it is easy to find in it the required information.' Attila Miseta, Dean of the Medical University, Pécs, Hungary

Daugiau informacijos

A thorough guide to all stages of preparing, writing and publishing high-quality scientific research papers in academic journals.
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1(3)
Writing and Publishing a Scientific Paper: an Overview
3(1)
Opening Remarks
3(1)
Part A Major Issues in Drafting a Research Paper
4(7)
A.1 Research: Having the Right Mind-Set
4(2)
A.2 Getting the Right Framework
6(1)
A.3 Introducing Your Topic
6(1)
A.4 Telling Others What You Did
7(1)
A.5 Presenting the Results
7(1)
A.6 Discussing the Findings
8(1)
A.7 Coming to the End of the Writing of the Text
8(1)
A.8 Preparing an Abstract
9(1)
A.9 Giving the Paper a Title
10(1)
A.10 Writing in Good English
10(1)
Part B Final Preparation of a Paper before Submission
11(1)
B.1 Revising and Redrafting
11(1)
B.2 The Final Stages before Submission
11(1)
B.3 A Note on Ethics before Submission
12(1)
Part C Getting Published
12(180)
C.1 What Is Required
12(1)
C.2 What Is Not Permitted
13(3)
1 General Features of a Scientific Paper: Structure and Format
16(12)
1.1 Introduction: Why We Publish
16(1)
1.2 The Framework of a Research Paper
17(2)
1.3 Introducing Your Paper
19(1)
1.4 How the Hypothesis Is Tested: Materials and Methods
20(1)
1.5 Results: the Pivot of the Paper
20(1)
1.6 Discussing the Findings
21(1)
1.7 Acknowledging Others
22(1)
1.8 The Relevant Literature
23(1)
1.9 Missing Components
23(5)
Appendix 1.1 Word Reduction
24(4)
2 The Typical Scientific Paper: a Published Paper with Annotations
28(27)
2.1 Introduction: Types of Paper
28(2)
2.2 The Primary Research Paper
30(1)
2.3 An Annotated Research Paper
31(24)
3 Results: Presenting Your Findings
55(10)
3.1 Starting Out: Getting the Data Together
55(1)
3.2 Arranging the Data
56(1)
3.3 The Selection Process: Further Considerations
57(1)
3.4 Positive, Negative and Neutral Evidence in the Selection Process
58(2)
3.5 Adding the Text
60(1)
3.6 A Note on the Use of the Personal Pronouns, T and We', in Writing a Scientific Paper
60(2)
3.7 Checking the Logic and Order
62(1)
3.8 Controls: Have You Included all the Essential Ones?
62(1)
3.9 Statistics
63(1)
3.10 Summary: the Major Points of a Typical Results Section
64(1)
4 Discussion: the Place to Argue Your Case
65(11)
4.1 The Basis of a Good Discussion
65(1)
4.2 State-of-the-Art: Never the Absolute Truth
66(1)
4.3 Putting Your Findings into Context
67(1)
4.4 Knowing Where to Start
67(4)
4.5 The Strengths, and Weaknesses, of Your Experimental Evidence
71(1)
4.6 Succinct Arguments and the Use of Inference
72(1)
4.7 The World of Ideas (and Dreams): the Problem with Speculation
73(1)
4.8 Is It Really Worth Publishing the Paper?
74(1)
4.9 Reaching Conclusions
75(1)
5 The Introduction: the First Major Section of a Paper
76(7)
5.1 A Brief Preface
76(1)
5.2 Informing Your Readers About the Subject Area
77(1)
5.3 A Further Example
78(1)
5.4 The Basis of all Research: the Hypothesis
78(1)
5.5 The Immediate Background
79(4)
Appendix 5.1 The Hypothesis
79(4)
6 Materials and Methods
83(10)
6.1 General Overview
83(1)
6.2 A Typical Materials and Methods Section
84(7)
6.3 Concluding Remarks
91(2)
7 The Abstract: the Summary of the Main Findings
93(6)
7.1 Purpose of an Abstract
93(1)
7.2 Structured versus Non-Structured Abstracts
93(1)
7.3 Importance of the First Sentence
94(1)
7.4 Building on the First Part of the Abstract
95(1)
7.5 Putting in Some Background
95(1)
7.6 Avoidance of Citations
96(1)
7.7 Concluding an Abstract
97(1)
7.8 Keywords and Abbreviations
97(2)
8 The `Smaller' Sections That Complete a Paper
99(12)
8.1 Other `Small' Sections Required
99(1)
8.2 Title
99(2)
8.3 Authors, Affiliations and Contributions
101(1)
8.4 Corresponding Author
102(1)
8.5 Conflicts of Interest
103(1)
8.6 Acknowledgements
104(2)
8.7 References (Bibliography, Literature)
106(4)
8.8 The Digital Object Identifier
110(1)
9 Figures and Tables
111(16)
9.1 Introduction
111(1)
9.2 Figures
112(10)
9.3 Tables
122(2)
9.4 Schemata, Diagrams, Line Drawings, Symbols and Units
124(2)
9.5 Supplementary Material
126(1)
10 Presubmission
127(7)
10.1 Introduction
127(1)
10.2 Revision by the Main Author
128(1)
10.3 Revision by Co-Authors
128(1)
10.4 English Presentation
129(1)
10.5 Author Sequence and Affiliations
129(1)
10.6 Conflicts of Interest of the Co-Authors
130(1)
10.7 Sections and Subheadings
131(1)
10.8 Letter of Submission
131(1)
10.9 Concluding Remarks
132(2)
11 Submission of Manuscripts
134(12)
11.1 Introduction
134(1)
11.2 Complying with Journal Requirements
135(1)
11.3 The Checklist
136(1)
11.4 Charges Relating to Submissions
137(1)
11.5 A Published Article as a Journal Guideline
138(1)
11.6 Normal Formatting of Files for Submission
138(1)
11.7 Submitting Your Manuscript: a Quick Revision
139(2)
11.8 Uploading Your Manuscript
141(2)
11.9 Problems in Submitting Papers
143(1)
11.10 Dealing with Copyright at Submission
143(1)
11.11 Preprints and the Future of Research Communications
143(3)
12 Peer Review: the Crux of the Problem in Publishing Papers
146(10)
12.1 Introduction
146(1)
12.2 Triage
147(1)
12.3 Peer Review
148(1)
12.4 Choosing Reviewers
148(1)
12.5 Contacting Reviewers
149(2)
12.6 Reviewer Reporting
151(2)
12.7 A Typical Reviewer Report Form
153(1)
12.8 Abuse of Privilege in Peer Reviewing
153(3)
13 The Last Stages of the Editorial Process: Decisions, Revisions and Final Editing
156(6)
13.1 Introduction
156(1)
13.2 Editorial Decision
156(2)
13.3 Dialogue with Authors
158(1)
13.4 Revising Papers
159(1)
13.5 The Editor's Job in Creating the Final Version of a Paper
160(1)
13.6 Preparing for Publication
160(2)
14 From Acceptance to Publication
162(8)
14.1 Introduction
162(1)
14.2 Procedures in the Publishing House
163(3)
14.3 On Completion of the Proof
166(1)
14.4 In Summary
167(3)
Appendix 14.1 Flow Chart
168(1)
Appendix 14.2 Description of the Types of Files Commonly Used
168(2)
15 Copyright
170(6)
15.1 National and International Coverage of Copyright
170(1)
15.2 Science and Medicine: Author, Employer and Publisher
171(1)
15.3 Permission
172(1)
15.4 How the Passage of Time Affects Copyright Restrictions
173(1)
15.5 Truly Innovative Acts
174(1)
15.6 Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
174(2)
16 Ethics and Scientific Integrity
176(12)
16.1 Introduction
176(1)
16.2 Highly Unethical Practices
177(6)
16.3 Other Places to Consider Regarding Unethical Practices
183(4)
16.4 Help Is At Hand
187(1)
17 Epilogue
188(4)
17.1 Cardinal Points
188(2)
17.2 Last Words
190(2)
Further Reading 192(4)
Index 196
Denys N. Wheatley is a retired academic who has spent over 40 years in research on the cellular basis of cancer and has taught scientific writing in over 20 countries. He is Chairman and Director of BioMedES Ltd, a company focused on providing non-native English-speaking authors with help in preparing their scientific papers. He has published six books and over 300 scientific and medical papers, and has edited five journals. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Cell Biology International (Wiley) for 20 years.